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PAUOET. V No. 264,573. Patented Sept.'19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN H. scanner, F HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK.-

FAUCET.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,573, dated September 19, 1882.-

Application filed July 22,1882. (N 0 model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN H. SEABURY, of Hempstead, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in' Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention, like that for which Letters Patent were granted me July 4, 1882, relates to faucets constructed todischarge from the same nozzle eitlier hot or cold water or other fluid, and, like said patentedfaucet, it embraces a combination, with the barrel of the faucet having a taper seat and elongated orenlarged general delivery opening, the nozzle of the faucet, and hot and cold water inlets, f a taper plug provided with transverse pass ges through it for supplying either hot or cold water at different periods, or both hot and cold water at the same time, by simply turning the plug into different positions; but in the construction of the faucet which is the subject of this specification I dispense with the bottom inlet-openiu g in the taper, plug and substitute therefor, and for a lower passage in communication therewith and having two one-sided terminal openings at right angles with each other, duplicate oblique passages, whereby I am enabled toconstruct the plug with a-solid lower end, so that it may be tightened up by a screw from beneath, asis customary in other faucets, and so dispense with a screw-cap on top for keeping the plug down to its seat.

Refercnce'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding partsrin all the figures.

Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent mainly sectional elevations of my improved faucet, the plane of section through the barrel or case of the faucet being the same in each, but the plug being represented in different positions.

A in the drawings indicates the barrel of the faucet, and 11 its nozzle or bib. Said barrel is of the usual tapering construction internally, to form a tapering seat for the taper plug B, which turns therein, and which may be provided with auysuitable handle and have combined with its stern, outside of the barrel, any suitable means for indicating the position of either hot, cold, or both.

reversed as regards their furnishing hotor cold water. The nozzle or bib 1) connects with the interior of the front side of the barrel A by an elongated passage, g; or-such elongated passage may, ifdesired, be divided interniediately of its length to form an upper and a lower outlet to the'inner end of the nozzle. v r The taper plug B is made with an upper transverse coldwater passage, h, through it, arranged so that it may connect the inletc with the nozzle I), and is further provided with two obliquely transverse and lower hotwater intersecting passages, 'i 1', arranged at right angles with each other, or thereabout, and serving respectively to connect, when required, the

hot-Water inletf with the nozzle 1) or opening 9 thereto.

G is a screw, provided with a suitablehead and arranged to screw intothe solid lower end of the plug B, for the purpose of drawing the 7 plug down into itsv seat to tighten it, subject to the controlling action of a spring, lc, inter- I posed between the head of the screw and the lower end of the barrel, .as in faucets of ordinary construction. M

In the operation of the faucet, when the plug B is turned to' the position represented in Fig. 1 only cold water will be passed from the inlet 0 through the passage [L to and through.

the nozzle 1). By turning the plug one-quar- 8 ter of a circle the passage h will be put out of communication with thecold-water inlet a and nozzle 11, and the oblique passage 'i will be made to establish connection between the hotwater inletf and the nozzle 1), as shown in Fig. 0 2, whereby hotinstead of cold water, as in the previous position of the plug, will alone be discharged. By giving the plugB another quarter of a turn in the same direction, which will bring it into the position represented in Fig. 3, the upper passage, h, and-loweroblique passage, '11, will be made to connect both inlets c and f with the nozzle b, and so cause bot-h hot and cold water to be discharged simultaneously. Another or final quarter-turn of the plug,:l -o which brings its passage into the position represented in Fig. 4, shuts off all discharge from the faucet, and, as the passages are arranged, I hot water inlets cf, of the taper rotating plug closes both inlets of, as well as the nozzle 1).

This improved faucet will be found very useful for bath-tubs, stationary wash-tubs, or ba- 5 sins, and other articles or purposes.

Havingthus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Paten t- The combination, with the barrel A, having a taper seat and elongated or enlarged general [0 delivery openiug,g, the nozzle 1), and cold and B, provided with an upper through transverse passage, 7L, and with duplicate oblique intersecting throngh-passagesi i, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

JOHN H. SEABURY.

Witnesses LOUIS SoHLUN'rz, HAMILTON AGNEW. 

